{"id":"26110083088","number":"26110083088","name":"Christine Manzella","source_name":"Christine Manzella","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-21","received":"2026-10-21","body":"I am a mother and a public school teacher. I am filing in Proceeding 13-84 on the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health effects of long-term exposure, and the growth of wireless infrastructure since the Commission last updated its limits. My family lives near commercial radio broadcast towers, and a cellular antenna was later installed nearby, mounted on power lines, without notice to residents. We could find no public registration or record of it. Since living with this exposure, my family has experienced serious health effects, including complications in both of my pregnancies that affected my children. After the cellular antenna was installed, both my husband and I had changes documented in our bloodwork in the same month, with no change in our diet or lifestyle. We were both healthy and active. My doctor has advised that we have done everything we can medically and that we need to move away from the sources of radiation. We are now relocating at significant cost. Long-term exposure and technological change The Commission's RF limits date to 1996. They do not account for continuous, around-the-clock exposure from multiple sources, such as broadcast towers and cell antennas near the same home. Exposure at home continues through the night, when the body needs to rest and carry out its cellular repair. This makes installations near homes especially harmful, because there is no break from exposure during the hours the body depends on most for recovery. RF sources are also increasingly being added in office buildings, hospitals, and schools, so people are exposed at work, during medical care, and at school, then come home to more exposure. There is no break. Wireless infrastructure has expanded enormously since 1996, and families now live with constant exposure they never chose. Children Children absorb more RF radiation than adults, as their brains are not yet fully myelinated, which impacts their neurological development. Exposure during pregnancy not only affects the mother's health during and after pregnancy, but can cause irreversible damage to the developing baby. As a teacher, I see how much RF exposure children have during the school day, including from Wi-Fi routers in classrooms and RF sources placed near playgrounds. Current limits do not protect them. Request The Commission's limits and testing procedures are based on preventing tissue heating. This does not reflect the effects of RF radiation on cellular function, and it does not represent the increased risk for children and pregnant women. I ask the Commission to study the biological effects of RF radiation on cellular function, not only heating. Rather than setting new exposure limits, I ask that this exposure be avoided altogether where people live, learn, and heal: RF installations should not be placed near homes, schools, childcare facilities, hospitals, or playgrounds. I also ask that every installation, including antennas on power lines and utility poles, be listed in a searchable public registry.","attachments":[],"attachment_names":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/26110083088","filing_type":"COMMENT","proceedings":"ET 13-84","capture_reviewed":false,"captured_at":"2026-10-22T18:17:32.761Z","supplied_classification":null,"tags":["sleep-neurology","children-schools","pregnancy-reproduction","towers-antennas","wifi-devices","standards-testing","research-requests"],"source_hash":"fd9161a4eb667f06c4c1185f65c36823cc47551e5041b0c89d6e4bdab201e369","slug":"sleep-neurology-filing-26110083088","classification":{"id":"26110083088","body_sha256":"b7307ca6c14029c8072d02c7ca7f635794907b2baf380f6879266b36ea11dabb","status":"text_matched","primary_topic":"sleep-neurology","topics":[{"id":"sleep-neurology","evidence":"Children Children absorb more RF radiation than adults, as their brains are not yet fully myelinated, which impacts their neurological development."},{"id":"children-schools","evidence":"I am a mother and a public school teacher."},{"id":"pregnancy-reproduction","evidence":"Since living with this exposure, my family has experienced serious health effects, including complications in both of my pregnancies that affected my children."},{"id":"towers-antennas","evidence":"My family lives near commercial radio broadcast towers, and a cellular antenna was later installed nearby, mounted on power lines, without notice to residents."},{"id":"wifi-devices","evidence":"As a teacher, I see how much RF exposure children have during the school day, including from Wi-Fi routers in classrooms and RF sources placed near playgrounds."},{"id":"standards-testing","evidence":"Request The Commission's limits and testing procedures are based on preventing tissue heating."},{"id":"research-requests","evidence":"I am filing in Proceeding 13-84 on the impacts of RF radiation on children, the health effects of long-term exposure, and the growth of wireless infrastructure since the Commission last updated its limits."}],"summary":"","method":"Local topic rules v1; exact supporting passages; not an AI or medical review","scope":"Captured filing text only. Attachment contents not examined."},"forum_topics":["sleep-neurology","children-schools","pregnancy-reproduction","towers-antennas","wifi-devices","standards-testing","research-requests"],"primary_topic":"sleep-neurology","forum_title":"I am a mother and a public school teacher. I am filing in Proceeding 13-84 on the impacts of RF radiation…"}